Gift-making in 2021...TOPIC CLOSED TO COMMENTS

[Bailey4]

Experimenting with another one of Darski's 10" doll patterns for the smaller dolls

Lil Cutesies Romper with Tam

[Bailey4]

Turning Baby doll dresses into Rag doll outfits

Rag Doll Fall Dress

[Bailey4]

 Lots to Love 10" Baby Doll Sweater, Pants, and Booties 

This is from Darski's Sweetly set.  This first outfit fit perfectly.  Having more trouble getting second one to fit to this doll.  Working well for other dolls.

Edited September 27, 2021 by Bailey4

[Bailey4]

16" Baby Doll Dress for Summer

I've been making more colorful dresses for this set of dolls this year. 

Edited September 28, 2021 by Bailey4

[judianne]

Bailey, They're all so adorable!! I can't believe how you manage to adapt the bigger patterns so beautifully!

 

I'm waiting to start a christmas tree graph blanket to give our son. Pattern is coming in the mail ...it'll be his first Christmas gift for his new house.

[Bailey4]

Thank you.

What a beautiful gift for their new home!!!

[minwifeof4boys]

ya'll are just so inspiring...Beautiful workh

[Bailey4]

Lot to Love 14" Doll Sweater, Hat, and Footie Pants

This has to be one of my favorite fails of the year.  The sweater is from Darski's Sweetly pattern for the 10" baby dolls.  However, when I made it the fit was perfect for the 14" doll.  I added pants and the hat from another 14" pattern I'd made previously making sure to use different colors so the child gets to mix and match outfits.

[Bailey4]

Another adapted Darski pattern to fit the 8" doll

Lots to Love 8" doll Romper with Tam

[Bailey4]

Another size fail this was supposed to be for the 10" doll but the 14" inch doll walks away with another outfit.

Lots to Love 14" Doll Nightgown

[judianne]

Bailey, I love how you see ways to make a pattern work! They're all so adorable!!!

[Bailey4]

Time for a little holiday decorating for me. 

Lots to Love 8" Candie Corn Doll

[judianne]

21 hours ago, Bailey4 said:

Time for a little holiday decorating for me. 

Lots to Love 8" Candie Corn Doll

Awww......

[Bailey4]

Darski's patterns have been a huge help with the small baby dolls this year!

Lots to Love 10" Sweetly Sweater and Pants

[minwifeof4boys]

I wish the candie corn pattern were still available, I have those little dolls all lined up waiting for clothes, you are the best Bailey!

[Bailey4]

19 minutes ago, minwifeof4boys said:

I wish the candie corn pattern were still available, I have those little dolls all lined up waiting for clothes, you are the best Bailey!

I sent the designer an email to find out if she has it listed for sale anywhere and offered to post it with the blog on the dress.  If I here back I'll let you know.

[Bailey4]

Another Darski pattern this time adapted for the 15" Rag Doll

15" Rag Doll Sweetly Sweater and Pants

[Bailey4]

Lots to Love 8" Doll Spring Set

The days seem to be flying. 

Edited October 7, 2021 by Bailey4

[Bailey4]

Lots to Love 10" Doll Sweetly Nightgown

Edited October 8, 2021 by Bailey4

[judianne]

On 10/5/2021 at 2:27 PM, Bailey4 said:

Darski's patterns have been a huge help with the small baby dolls this year!

Lots to Love 10" Sweetly Sweater and Pants

so cute!!

On 10/6/2021 at 10:34 AM, Bailey4 said:

Another Darski pattern this time adapted for the 15" Rag Doll

15" Rag Doll Sweetly Sweater and Pants

I love rag dolls...they make me smile!

1 hour ago, Bailey4 said:

Lots to Love 10" Doll Sweetly Nightgown

Adorable...

[minwifeof4boys]

So is the smallest doll Annies sells an 8 inch?

[Bailey4]

Annie's doesn't sell the 8" dolls.  They do have the 5" dolls.

Mary Maxim also has the 5" dolls.

I know Tampa Doll has bought alternative 5" dolls from another source and been happy with them as well.

If you do buy from the above my suggestion is to wait for a shipping coupon and buy a bunch of them at once.

The 8" are a bit more challenging to find. 

CRS Crafts carries them

Another option is to look at stores that sell to schools specifically preschools

I've picked the 8" and the 10" at Kaplan when I couldn't get the 10" from Walmart anymore and CRS was out of the 8" with supply issues at the beginning of COVID. 

There are far more holiday and other patterns out there for the 5" dolls I just find the slightly larger 8" dolls easier to work with as the 5 inch dolls are pretty compact.

Edited October 10, 2021 by Bailey4

[NicolaJayne]

I’ve not picked up a hook in months and now I have some time Off work, I’ve decided to use up all my scrap yarn balls and create a rectangle granny blanket, to gift to a Co worker who has been through a lot but also helped me overcome some rubbish at work 

[Bailey4]

I've always been grateful for Darski's free patterns but this year as I've dug into more of them her sets have just blown me away.  I made another outfit from the Sweetly pattern and it just strikes me how many outfits you can make with just one of her free sets.  Her generosity is amazing.

Lots to Love 10" Sweetly Dress

[Bailey4]

16" Baby Doll Dress, Hat, and Shoes

Attacking some yarn that really needs to leave my stash.